UNCTAD TrainForTrade distance learning course on Trade in Services Statistics

01 - 06 March 2016

Latin America and the Caribbean

The six-week distance learning course on Trade in Service Statistics, organized by Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Secretaría de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA) and UNCTAD from 1 March to 10 April 2016, responds to several technical assistance requests in the compilation of trade-in-services statistics and addresses Goal 17 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The course content has been developed jointly by UNCTAD, the World Trade Organization and the UN Statistics Division, and has also benefited from close collaboration with the Inter-Agency Task Force on 'Statistics of International Trade'.

More than 230 participants from 27 countries will participate in the course that aims to raise awareness of Trade in Services Statistics and its concepts, enhance statisticians' ability to do their work, and help them better understand the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (MSITS 2010).

The primary target group is compilers and producers of data (statistics on international trade in services, balance of payments, and business statistics). The secondary target group includes data users at Ministries (Tourism, Trade, Economy, and Finance) and other industry players (economists, lawyers).

The course will be conducted through TrainForTrade’s distance learning platform, where participants will have access to manuals, multimedia presentations, module exams, opinion surveys and forums created for each module, facilitating discussions with the instructor and other participants.

Agenda

26 Feb 2016

English

Co-organizer(s):

World Trade Organization

Sponsor / funding:

Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Secretaría de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA)